building the JDK on Windows using Cygwin

Thu Jul 11 16:22:50 UTC 2024

Swinxy,
I got it to (finally) work yesterday. The build and test was successful.
The docs should be clearer. Chen opened a ticket for this.
thanks,
Anil

On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 10:50 AM SWinxy <swinxythecat at gmail.com> wrote:

> Anil,
>
> I was also never able to build the JDK on my Windows 11 machine, having
> encountered the same problems you are. The configure script was not finding
> the boot JDK unless manually specified, nor could it find the installation
> of Visual Studio 2022. I tried a few months ago and it still didn't work,
> so you're not alone here. No fix worked, and the log didn't specify where
> it was looking. I resorted to just developing on my Mac.
>
> SWinxy
>
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 4:51 PM Anil <1dropaflame at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Here is the screenshot of my Installer - same version of VS as yours.
>>
>> [image: image.png]
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 3:40 PM Chen Liang <chen.l.liang at oracle.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> To solve this, I have uninstalled VS, reinstalled VS community 2022
>>> 17.10.3, selected "Desktop development with C++", which looks like in the
>>> attached screenshot.
>>>
>>> After a fresh reinstallation like this, my "bash configure" then
>>> succeeds; it failed to find vs before the installation. Can you try
>>> following the steps I take, or at least compare your installation details
>>> selection to mine?
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From:* build-dev <build-dev-retn at openjdk.org> on behalf of Anil <
>>> 1dropaflame at gmail.com>
>>> *Sent:* Friday, July 5, 2024 2:57 PM
>>> *To:* Chen Liang <liangchenblue at gmail.com>
>>> *Cc:* build-dev at openjdk.org <build-dev at openjdk.org>
>>> *Subject:* Re: building the JDK on Windows using Cygwin
>>>
>>> [Chen] "try uncheck and recheck the box"
>>>
>>> How will that help?
>>> Following your suggestion, I ran the Installer, then I unchecked the
>>> "Desktop Components for C++" box and it says -6.81Gb
>>> That shows it was installed.
>>> Now I check the box again, and it says 0 Gb.
>>> Now the Close button is enabled.
>>> So No action is taken.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 2:03 PM Chen Liang <liangchenblue at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> try uncheck and recheck the box. some optional components are required
>>> for jdk, and uncheck and recheck will select those components if they
>>> aren't already selected.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 5, 2024, 12:17 PM Anil <1dropaflame at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> When I installed VS, I ensured that Desktop Development with C++ was
>>> checked.
>>> I ran the installer again, and it shows as checked and since the
>>> "Modify" button is not enabled, but "Close" is enabled, it means that it is
>>> already installed.
>>> It is the only box checked.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 11:50 AM Chen Liang <liangchenblue at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Anil, I had encountered the same problem before. Can you try install
>>> VS's desktop development with c++ with its default selection? Last time I
>>> unchecked some boxes and failed like you did. I don't think other big
>>> components are required for jdk.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 5, 2024, 11:46 AM Anil <1dropaflame at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Over the past few days, I have tried a lot of things.
>>> I reinstalled Cygwin. I used Git for Windows instead of Cygwin Git.
>>> I uninstalled and reinstalled Visual Studio and in different locations,
>>> but it didn't fix it.
>>> I added my user name to the Administrator Group account because one post
>>> said that is why I get access denied error but it still failed.
>>> I set it back to being an ordinary user and now shortnames worked
>>> I think the solution was simply to sign out of the Windows account so
>>> that processes accessing PROGRA~1 would be stopped.
>>> :) I am glad to be over that hurdle but now I see:
>>>
>>> $ bash configure --enable-debug
>>> --with-toolchain-path=/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/MICROS~3/2022/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.40.33807/bin/Hostx64/x64
>>> configure: Using default toolchain microsoft (Microsoft Visual Studio)
>>> configure: Found Visual Studio installation at
>>> /cygdrive/c/progra~1/micros~3/2022/Community using well-known name
>>> configure: Found Microsoft Visual Studio 2022
>>> configure: Trying to extract Visual Studio environment variables for
>>> x86_64
>>> configure: using
>>> /cygdrive/c/progra~1/micros~3/2022/Community/vc/auxiliary/build/vcvars64.bat
>>> configure: Setting extracted environment variables for x86_64
>>> fixpath: warning: Path '/cygdrive/c/minikube' does not exist
>>> fixpath: failure: Path '/cygdrive/c/progra~2/windows kits/10/windows
>>> performance toolkit' contains space
>>> fixpath: failure: Path '/cygdrive/c/progra~1/mysql/mysql shell 8.0/bin'
>>> contains space
>>> fixpath: failure: Path
>>> '/cygdrive/c/users/anil/appdata/local/programs/microsoft vs code/bin'
>>> contains space
>>> fixpath: failure: Path '/cygdrive/c/progra~1/jetbrains/intellij idea
>>> community edition 2022.2.3/bin' contains space
>>> fixpath: failure: Path
>>> '/cygdrive/c/progra~1/micros~3/2022/community/common7/ide/commonextensions/microsoft/teamfoundation/team
>>> explorer' contains space
>>> fixpath: failure: Path
>>> '/cygdrive/c/progra~1/micros~3/2022/community/team
>>> tools/diagnosticshub/collector' contains space
>>> fixpath: failure: Path '/cygdrive/c/progra~2/windows
>>> kits/10/bin/10.0.22621.0/x64' contains space
>>> fixpath: failure: Path '/cygdrive/c/progra~2/windows kits/10/bin/x64'
>>> contains space
>>> fixpath: warning: Path '/cygdrive/c/minikube' does not exist
>>> fixpath: failure: Path '/cygdrive/c/progra~2/windows kits/10/windows
>>> performance toolkit' contains space
>>> fixpath: failure: Path '/cygdrive/c/progra~1/mysql/mysql shell 8.0/bin'
>>> contains space
>>> fixpath: failure: Path
>>> '/cygdrive/c/users/anil/appdata/local/programs/microsoft vs code/bin'
>>> contains space
>>> fixpath: failure: Path '/cygdrive/c/progra~1/jetbrains/intellij idea
>>> community edition 2022.2.3/bin' contains space
>>> fixpath: failure: Path '/cygdrive/c/progra~2/windows
>>> kits/10/include/10.0.22621.0/ucrt' contains space
>>> fixpath: failure: Path '/cygdrive/c/progra~2/windows
>>> kits/10/include/10.0.22621.0/um' contains space
>>> fixpath: failure: Path '/cygdrive/c/progra~2/windows
>>> kits/10/include/10.0.22621.0/shared' contains space
>>> fixpath: failure: Path '/cygdrive/c/progra~2/windows
>>> kits/10/include/10.0.22621.0/winrt' contains space
>>> fixpath: failure: Path '/cygdrive/c/progra~2/windows
>>> kits/10/include/10.0.22621.0/cppwinrt' contains space
>>> fixpath: failure: Path '/cygdrive/c/progra~2/windows
>>> kits/10/lib/10.0.22621.0/ucrt/x64' contains space
>>> fixpath: failure: Path '/cygdrive/c/progra~2/windows
>>> kits/10/lib/10.0.22621.0/um/x64' contains space
>>> fixpath: failure: Path '/cygdrive/c/progra~2/windows kits/10/' contains
>>> space
>>> fixpath: failure: Path '/cygdrive/c/progra~2/windows kits/10/' contains
>>> space
>>> checking that Visual Studio variables have been correctly extracted... ok
>>> checking for cl... $FIXPATH
>>> /cygdrive/c/progra~1/micros~3/2022/community/vc/tools/msvc/14.40.33807/bin/hostx64/x64/cl.exe
>>> checking resolved symbolic links for CC... no symlink
>>> configure: Using microsoft C compiler version 19.40.33811 [Microsoft (R)
>>> C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 19.40.33811 for x64]
>>> checking whether the C compiler works... no
>>> configure: error: in '/cygdrive/c/users/anil/OpenJDK/jdk':
>>> configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
>>> See 'config.log' for more details
>>> configure exiting with result code 77
>>>
>>> I have attached my config.log
>>> appreciate any help.
>>> thanks,
>>> Anil
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 3, 2024 at 9:13 AM Anil <1dropaflame at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>> Yes, the vcvars file is present in that folder.
>>>
>>> $ cygpath -d "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
>>> Studio\2022\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build"
>>> cygpath: cannot create short name of C:\Program Files\Microsoft
>>> VisualStudio\2022\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 3, 2024 at 2:57 AM Daniel Jeliński <djelinski1 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Anil,
>>> Can you check what the following command prints on your machine?
>>> $ cygpath -d "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
>>> Studio\2022\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build"
>>>
>>> I assume you have this directory on your machine, and it contains a
>>> file named "vcvars64.bat"
>>>
>>> The above command should print a path without spaces. If the command
>>> fails or there are any spaces in the output, that's where you should
>>> focus your search.
>>>
>>> The other thing to check is if you have a case-sensitive file system.
>>> Configure looks for file named (note lowercase in the last 3
>>> directories):
>>> "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
>>> Studio\2022\Community\vc\auxiliary\build\vcvars64.bat"
>>>
>>> and from the logs you provided it looks like that file can't be found.
>>>
>>> By the way, the above paths were used when I started configure with:
>>> $ bash configure --with-tools-dir="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
>>> Studio\2022\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build"
>>>
>>> ..and on my machine that configure command succeeded.
>>> Regards,
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>> wt., 2 lip 2024 o 23:16 Anil <1dropaflame at gmail.com> napisał(a):
>>> >
>>> > trimming earlier message as it was over 500Kb with attachment.
>>> Including configure.log
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Jul 2, 2024 at 2:00 PM Anil <1dropaflame at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Thank you.
>>> >> I have attached both config.log and configure.log to this email.
>>> >> Anil
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>>
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